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DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW Drive
Turning on or off immediately
There are two methods, as follows.
You can switch the drive power regardless of whether or not there is a disk in the drive.
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Use [Manual Switching] of the Optical Disc Drive Power-Saving Utility.
A
Click the
icon or the
icon on the notification area.
B
Click [On] or [Off] for [Manual Switching].
For other functions of the Optical Disc Drive Power-Saving Utility, see the next
page.
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Slide the drive power/open switch (A) to the left.
• Each time you slide the switch, you will hear a beep and the drive power will turn on or
off.
• If you slide the switch to the right, you will hear a beep and the disk cover will open after
the drive power turns on. After you hear the beep, it may take a few moments before the
drive power turns on/off, or until the cover opens. (When the speaker function is
disabled, e.g., by the key combination the
Fn
+
F4
key, there will be no sound. By the
key combination the
Fn
+
F5
key, there will be lower sound.)
NOTE
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The Optical Disc Drive Power-Saving Utility only works with the internal DVD-ROM &
CD-R/RW drive in this computer. It will not work with external CD/DVD drives.
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In the following cases, it is not possible to turn off using [Manual Switching]:
• When a disk formatted using B's CLiP has been set (when the
icon is displayed
in the notification area)
• When WinDVD is running
• During writing or reading of a disk
• When the drive is being used by an application such as B's Recorder
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Do not slide the drive power/open switch repeatedly.
• If the switch is slid repeatedly, the message "d: \ unusable location...."
displayed, but this is not a malfunction. Click [OK].
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"d:" is the drive letter of the DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW drive. Change this to match the drive letter on
your own computer.
